Mlb Series Betting
Baseball Series Betting
MLB betting and odds have been available for decades - legal or not, and to this day the MLB is our main summer focus as sports bettors. There are over 2,430 Major League Baseball games played during the regular season, with each team playing 162 games. This is double the output than you’d see in the NBA or NHL and makes for plenty of betting. Whether you’re betting on MLB and the World Series, CPBL, or some big games in the World Baseball Classic, you’ll find everything you need to make your bets right here. The baseball season offers a constant stream of games to bet on throughout the warmer months of the year.
Adding baseball series betting to your optional baseball strategy is not used enough by bettors. Top betting trends are comprised of moneylines, run lines, total run lines for over or under and the series betting lines.
Wagering on which team you think will win a 3 game series by winning at least 2 games out of 3 played is a good bet if the pitching rotation and odds are favorable. A series bet is listed as a moneyline on the favorite. Usually a home team with good pitching playing a weekend series will be listed as a -150 to -250 for the series bet and needs at least 2 wins to win the bet.
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Baseball has a different schedule format than all other sports. It has the longest season of any major sports and designs the schedule with teams playing each other 3 or 4 games in a row. This allows the road or visiting team to play the series against the home team without traveling every other day to a new location. Other sports like the NFL or NBA play one game and move on to their next opponent.
Mlb Series Betting Odds
A series bet might seem inviting when the top teams with the best pitching should win most series bets. The books will post a heavy line on a top favorite team at home to win a series as high as -350. The bigger the perceived different between two teams playing a series, the more juice you will have to face in betting the elite teams.
However, elite teams only win around 60% of games while lower teams win 40% of games.
Your selection should be based on the previous two weeks of play and the possibility of a winning streak or a losing performance from either team. Baseball is a game of winning streaks and losing streaks for all teams no matter what the standings say.
Mlb Series Betting
The series bet is placed in advance of the first game and if an elite team decides to rest a top player or the listed rotation is changed, you can be at a slight disadvantage. If a projected starter gets sick or an injury flare up sidelines the pitcher, a rookie from double-A who was just called up or an inferior bench player will replace the starting player. But you can afford to lose one game due to the situation but it puts pressure on your series bet for the elite team to win the next two games in the series.
When a series matchup is between two similar teams who are playing well, the series odds will be low on either teams. However, the home team will usually be the slight favorite. This betting situation is about looking for the hedge to control your losses. If a series is tied at one game each, then you can bet or hedge on the final game by betting opposite game. This hedge bet allows you to eliminate a possible loss if you lose the series. You can win the deciding game and lose the series but offset your series loss with an individual bet on the third game. There might be a small vig loss but a hedge salvage on last game will cut your losses.
There are many series betting options especially on a weekend series when all teams are playing. The choices are there for finding good value.
Whether you’re looking for moneylines, run lines, totals or parlays, FOX Bet is the place to be for MLB odds on the World Series. There is a full slate of MLB odds available throughout the best-of-seven series between the winners of the Championship Series in the American League and National League.
Mlb Playoff Series Betting Odds
The first time the winners of the American League and the National League faced each other to determine a World Champion was 1903, when the Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three, in what was then a best-of-nine series. Aside from the 1903 World Series and the World Series that were held from 1919 to 1921, all of which were best-of-nine series, all other World Series have been a best-of-seven format. The World Series was not held in 1904, because the National League champion New York Giants refused to play against a team from the American League. The only year since in which a World Series was not held was 1994, when a labor dispute led to a work stoppage that ended the season in August.
Year | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team |
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1903 | Boston Americans | 5-3 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
1904 | NO WORLD SERIES PLAYED | ||
1905 | New York Giants | 4-1 | Philadelphia Athletics |
1906 | Chicago White Sox | 4-2 | Chicago Cubs |
1907 | Chicago Cubs | 4-1 | Detroit Tigers |
1908 | Chicago Cubs | 4-1 | Detroit Tigers |
1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4-3 | Detroit Tigers |
1910 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-1 | Chicago Cubs |
1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-2 | New York Giants |
1912 | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 | New York Giants |
1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-1 | New York Giants |
1914 | Boston Braves | 4-1 | Philadelphia Athletics |
1915 | Boston Red Sox | 4-1 | Philadelphia Phillies |
1916 | Boston Red Sox | 4-1 | Brooklyn Robins |
1917 | Chicago White Sox | 4-2 | New York Giants |
1918 | Boston Red Sox | 4-2 | Chicago Cubs |
1919 | Cincinnati Reds | 5-3 | Chicago White Sox |
1920 | Cleveland Indians | 5-2 | Brooklyn Robins |
1921 | New York Giants | 5-3 | New York Yankees |
1922 | New York Giants | 4-1 | New York Yankees |
1923 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | New York Giants |
1924 | Washington Senators | 4-3 | New York Giants |
1925 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4-3 | Washington Senators |
1926 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | New York Yankees |
1927 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
1928 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | St. Louis Cardinals |
1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-1 | Chicago Cubs |
1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-2 | St. Louis Cardinals |
1931 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Philadelphia Athletics |
1932 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Chicago Cubs |
1933 | New York Giants | 4-1 | Washington Senators |
1934 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Detroit Tigers |
1935 | Detroit Tigers | 4-2 | Chicago Cubs |
1936 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | New York Giants |
1937 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | New York Giants |
1938 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Chicago Cubs |
1939 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Cincinnati Reds |
1940 | Cincinnati Reds | 4-3 | Detroit Tigers |
1941 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-1 | New York Yankees |
1943 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | St. Louis Cardinals |
1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-2 | St. Louis Browns |
1945 | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 | Chicago Cubs |
1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Boston Red Sox |
1947 | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1948 | Cleveland Indians | 4-2 | Boston Braves |
1949 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1950 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Philadelphia Phillies |
1951 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | New York Giants |
1952 | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1953 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1954 | New York Giants | 4-0 | Cleveland Indians |
1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-3 | New York Yankees |
1956 | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1957 | Milwaukee Braves | 4-3 | New York Yankees |
1958 | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Milwaukee Braves |
1959 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 | Chicago White Sox |
1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4-3 | New York Yankees |
1961 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Cincinnati Reds |
1962 | New York Yankees | 4-3 | San Francisco Giants |
1963 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-1 | New York Yankees |
1964 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | New York Yankees |
1965 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-3 | Minnesota Twins |
1966 | Baltimore Orioles | 4-1 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1967 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Boston Red Sox |
1968 | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 | St. Louis Cardinals |
1969 | New York Mets | 4-1 | Baltimore Orioles |
1970 | Baltimore Orioles | 4-1 | Cincinnati Reds |
1971 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4-3 | Baltimore Orioles |
1972 | Oakland Athletics | 4-3 | Cincinnati Reds |
1973 | Oakland Athletics | 4-3 | New York Mets |
1974 | Oakland Athletics | 4-1 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1975 | Cincinnati Reds | 4-3 | Boston Red Sox |
1976 | Cincinnati Reds | 4-1 | New York Yankees |
1977 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1978 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1979 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4-3 | Baltimore Orioles |
1980 | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-2 | Kansas City Royals |
1981 | Chicago White Sox | 4-2 | New York Yankees |
1982 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Milwaukee Brewers |
1983 | Baltimore Orioles | 4-1 | Philadelphia Phillies |
1984 | Detroit Tigers | 4-1 | San Diego Padres |
1985 | Kansas City Royals | 4-3 | St. Louis Cardinals |
1986 | New York Mets | 4-3 | Boston Red Sox |
1987 | Minnesota Twins | 4-3 | St. Louis Cardinals |
1988 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-1 | Oakland Athletics |
1989 | Oakland Athletics | 4-1 | San Francisco Giants |
1990 | Cincinnati Reds | 4-1 | Oakland Athletics |
1991 | Minnesota Twins | 4-3 | Atlanta Braves |
1992 | Toronto Blue Jays | 4-2 | Atlanta Braves |
1993 | Toronto Blue Jays | 4-2 | Philadelphia Phillies |
1994 | NO WORLD SERIES PLAYED | ||
1995 | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 | Cleveland Indians |
1996 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | Atlanta Braves |
1997 | Florida Marlins | 4-3 | Cleveland Indians |
1998 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | San Diego Padres |
1999 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | Atlanta Branves |
2000 | New York Yankees | 4-1 | New York Mets |
2001 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 4-23 | New York Yankees |
2002 | Anaheim Angels | 4-3 | San Francisco Giants |
2003 | Florida Marlins | 4-2 | New York Yankees |
2004 | Boston Red Sox | 4-1 | St. Louis Cardinals |
2005 | Chicago White Sox | 4-1 | Houston Astros |
2006 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-1 | Detroit Tigers |
2007 | Boston Red Sox | 4-1 | Colorado Rockies |
2008 | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-1 | Tampa Bay Rays |
2009 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | Philadelphia Phillies |
2010 | San Francisco Giants | 4-1 | Texas Rangers |
2011 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Texas Rangers |
2012 | San Francisco Giants | 4-1 | Detroit Tigers |
2013 | Boston Red Sox | 4-2 | St. Louis Cardinals |
2014 | San Francisco Giants | 4-3 | Kansas City Royals |
2015 | Kansas City Royals | 4-1 | New York Mets |
2016 | Chicago Cubs | 4-3 | Cleveland Indians |
2017 | Houston Astros | 4-3 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
2018 | Boston Red Sox | 4-1 | Los Angeles Dodgers |